Description: Continuation of a series of articles adapted from the book "Awake at Work" by Michael Carroll, covering the application of Buddhist teachings to situations encountered in a modern corporate workplace setting. This series addresses challenges frequently encountered by practicing actuaries.

Description: This session will provide an overview of recent developments from the perspective of an insurance company and an auditor.

Description: What is the impact of aging populations on economic growth and interest rates?” “Are low interest rates and inflation a short-term phenomenon?” “How will returns from different asset classes be impacted by future demographic trends?” “What are the differences between different countries and regions around the world?”

Description: This article is about the opportunity for plagiarism in e-learning courses and what the Society of Actuaries is doing to detect and discipline such conduct.

Description: Letter To The Editor about the Letter From The President in the October/November 2012 edition of The Actuary magazine.

Description: This article by the Entrepreneurial Actuaries Section chairperson highlights results of a recent survey of section members. The article also describes upcoming education and other events, reflecting survey results.

Description: Remarks on the pricing of joint LTC policies illustrate the need for an actuary's responsibility to the law, and to best practices, to take precendence over serving sales, marketing and underwriting objectives.

Description: A discussion of the Morris Review in the UK: a government-requested review of the actuarial profession in the U.K.

Description: Conflict of Interest Notifications Aid Client’s Fiduciary Obligations by Theodore Konshak from Pension Section News, January 1998, Issue No. 35.

Description: A review of the development and responsibilities of the "appointed actuary" for Canadian insurance companies and other designated roles in Canada.